Queens of Egypt
National Geographic Museum
This 10,000 square foot exhibition featured over 300 artifacts dating back over 3,000 years including fragile papyrus documents, stone stelae and statues, sarcophagi and mummified human remains. It also included immersive 3-D media, screen, and projection-based media, and interactives.
The exhibition was organized into two separate 5,000 square foot galleries that were broken into sections to spotlight the role of women and royalty in ancient Egypt, political turmoil, religion and funerary practices, and daily life.
As Exhibit Development Manager for the National Geographic Museum, I led the CAD team in the conceptualization, development and documentation of the gallery space and physical elements of the exhibition.
I developed an elaborate partition system for the exhibit that utilized CNC cut panels featuring hieroglyphic designs and prototyped and designed elements for three interactive stations.
The first provided visitors with the opportunity to play the ancient game of Senet. The second encouraged visitors to spell their names using ancient